Valley View Village
2571 Guthrie Avenue, Des Moines, IA, 50317
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Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation · Chain: Cassia
- Certified beds
- 79 · avg 75 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 45.9% — near the Iowa averageIowa avg: 44.4% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 29.2% — lower than most Iowa nursing homesIowa avg: 42.9% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Iowa averageIowa avg: 0.5 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 1 fine · $9,110 total
- Payment denials
- 1 denial
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 165507
- Certified beds
- 79 beds · avg 75 residents/day
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Evangelical Retirement Homes, Inc.
- Chain affiliation
- Cassia
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Cassia chain — 16 facilities across 4 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 4.6 / 5.
Disclosed owners (10 on record)
- Cassia
Operational/managerial Control · since 2020
- Gerald Thomas Nye
Corporate Director · since 2019
- Matthew Ray Kern
Corporate Officer · since 2019
- Stephanie j Proper
W-2 Managing Employee · since 2017
- Elim Care Inc
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2007
- Guy p Tangedahl
Corporate Director · since 2007
+ 4 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 23)
- E0725·Apr 30, 2026Complaint
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- D0675·Apr 30, 2026Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs.
- D0645·Apr 30, 2026Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
- D0578·Nov 24, 2025Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- D0880·May 8, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D0657·May 8, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- D0641·May 8, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- D0640·May 8, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20251 fine · $9,110
- 20241 payment denial
Most recent events
- Mar 5, 2025Fine · $9,110
- May 30, 2024Payment denial · 11 days · starting Jul 28, 2024
Fire-safety citations
17 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: May 8, 2025. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.
Facility background report
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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